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The list is in chronological order.
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<ol>Clyde Class Mobile Station Tanker<br/>
<ol>Clyde Class Mobile Station Tanker<br/>
Built 1918<br/><br/>
Built 1918 by Sir J. Laing & Sons, Ld. Sunderland, England<br/><br/>
<li>'''SWIVEL'''<br/>
<li>'''WAR PUNDIT''' (Commercial Service)</li>
Acquired March 23 1944<br/><br/>
<i>Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1920</i> lists the owner as "Scottish American Oil & Transport Co. Ld."<br/>
<li>'''USS ST. MARY IX-144'''<br/>
with a prior owner "The Shipping Controller (Stephens, Sutton, & Stephens, Mgrs.)" crossed out<br/><br/>
Commissioned Miscellaneous Unclassified (IX) March 14 1944<br/>
<li>'''SCOTTISH BARD''' (Commercial Service)</li>
Renamed June 10 1944<br/><br/>
Acquired by Tankers Ltd., London, in 1920, and renamed<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS CLYDE IX-144'''<br/>
<li>'''BACININ PADRE''' (Commercial Service)</li>
Decommissioned April 9 1945<br/><br/>
Acquired by "Corrado" Soc Anon di Navigazione, Genoa, Italy, in 1930, and renamed<br/><br/>
<li>'''MANZANARES''' (Commercial Service)</li>
Laid up at Puerto Cortes June 1940<br/>
Seized by the government of Venezuela in 1941<br/><br/>
<li>'''SWIVEL''' (Commercial Service)</li>
Acquired by the War Shipping Administration in 1941, managed by Standard Oil Co. of N.J. Original name restored.<br/>
Acquired by the U.S. Navy on February 9, 1944<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS ST. MARY IX-144'''</li>
Commissioned Miscellaneous Unclassified (IX) March 14 1944<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS CLYDE IX-144'''</li>
Renamed June 10 1944<br/>
Damaged by a collision at New Guinea on 11 November 1944, retained for static storage<br/>
Decommissioned April 9 1945 and considered a "constructive total loss"<br/><br/>
<li>'''CLYDE IX-144'''<br/>
<li>'''CLYDE IX-144'''<br/>
Placed In Service April 9 1945 - Out of Service (Date unknown)<br/><br/>
Placed In Service April 9 1945 "as dead storage"<br/>
Laid up at Manus Island in November 1945 then towed to Subic Bay December 11-24, 1945<br/>
Transferred to War Shipping Administration February 7 1946<br/>
Transferred to War Shipping Administration February 7 1946<br/>
Struck from Naval Register May 5 1946<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register May 5 1946<br/><br/>
Fate unknown
<li>'''SWIVEL''' (Commercial Service)</li>
Prior name restored and appears in <i>Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1947</i><br/><br/>
Returned to Italian Government in 1948 and reportedly scrapped that year
</ol>
</ol>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h5>Conflicting History Data</h5>
[https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/46/46144.htm NavSource] and
[https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/c/clyde-ii.html Naval History and Heritage Command]
both show the builder as "Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Works, Newcastle, England".<br/>
NavSource further states that the original name was SWIVEL.<br/><br/>
However, the [https://shipscribe.com/usnaux/IX2/IX132.html Shipscribe] page on ex-Italian tankers says
the ship was "built as WAR PUNDIT".<br/><br/>
<!-- full entry from shipscribe page for CLYDE is as follows:
Ex USS ST. MARY 10 Jun 44 (name given to APA-126),
ex merc. SWIVEL 1944,
ex MANZANARES 1942,
ex BACICIN PADRE (Italian) 1941,
built as WAR PUNDIT (completed Dec 18).
10,800t full load; 409.7' oa, 400.0' wl x 52.4' x 25.25' full load; 2,800 hp, 11 kts., 1 screw, vert. triple expansion.
To WSA from Venezuelan Govt. 11 Jul 42 at Puerto Cabello.
Acquired at Brisbane, Australia.
Damaged in collision 1 Nov 44, decomm. at Hollandia as constructive total loss 9 Apr 45 and placed in service same date as dead storage.
To MC at Manus Is. 28 Nov 45 as SWIVEL, towed to Subic Bay 11-24 Dec 45, to MC there 7 Feb 46.
Returned to Italian Government there and scrapped soon afterwards.
-->
<i>Lloyd's Registry of Shipping 1920</i> has no entry for SWIVEL but does have an entry for WAR PUNDIT.
It lists the builder as "Sir J. Laing & Sons, Ld. Sunderland, England".<br/>
Later editions of Lloyd's follow the naming history: WAR PUNDIT --> SCOTTISH BARD --> BACICIN PADRE --> SWIVEL<br/>
I did not find an entry in Lloyd's for MANZANARES but that name was only used briefly and during the early years of WWII.<br/><br/>
The best history I found was the [http://sunderlandships.com/view.php?ref=102397 Sunderlandship.com] page for WAR PUNDIT
which lists the naming history as:<br/>
"1920 SCOTTISH BARD - 1930 BACICIN PADRE - 1941 MANZANARES - 1942 SWIVEL - 1944 ST. MARY - 1944 CLYDE - 1946 SWIVEL"<br/>
<!-- Archive file: WAR_PUNDIT.pdf -->
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Ship Name and Designation History

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    Clyde Class Mobile Station Tanker
    Built 1918 by Sir J. Laing & Sons, Ld. Sunderland, England

  1. WAR PUNDIT (Commercial Service)
  2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1920 lists the owner as "Scottish American Oil & Transport Co. Ld."
    with a prior owner "The Shipping Controller (Stephens, Sutton, & Stephens, Mgrs.)" crossed out

  3. SCOTTISH BARD (Commercial Service)
  4. Acquired by Tankers Ltd., London, in 1920, and renamed

  5. BACININ PADRE (Commercial Service)
  6. Acquired by "Corrado" Soc Anon di Navigazione, Genoa, Italy, in 1930, and renamed

  7. MANZANARES (Commercial Service)
  8. Laid up at Puerto Cortes June 1940
    Seized by the government of Venezuela in 1941

  9. SWIVEL (Commercial Service)
  10. Acquired by the War Shipping Administration in 1941, managed by Standard Oil Co. of N.J. Original name restored.
    Acquired by the U.S. Navy on February 9, 1944

  11. USS ST. MARY IX-144
  12. Commissioned Miscellaneous Unclassified (IX) March 14 1944

  13. USS CLYDE IX-144
  14. Renamed June 10 1944
    Damaged by a collision at New Guinea on 11 November 1944, retained for static storage
    Decommissioned April 9 1945 and considered a "constructive total loss"

  15. CLYDE IX-144
    Placed In Service April 9 1945 "as dead storage"
    Laid up at Manus Island in November 1945 then towed to Subic Bay December 11-24, 1945
    Transferred to War Shipping Administration February 7 1946
    Struck from Naval Register May 5 1946

  16. SWIVEL (Commercial Service)
  17. Prior name restored and appears in Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1947

    Returned to Italian Government in 1948 and reportedly scrapped that year

 

Conflicting History Data

NavSource and Naval History and Heritage Command both show the builder as "Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Works, Newcastle, England".
NavSource further states that the original name was SWIVEL.

However, the Shipscribe page on ex-Italian tankers says the ship was "built as WAR PUNDIT".

Lloyd's Registry of Shipping 1920 has no entry for SWIVEL but does have an entry for WAR PUNDIT. It lists the builder as "Sir J. Laing & Sons, Ld. Sunderland, England".
Later editions of Lloyd's follow the naming history: WAR PUNDIT --> SCOTTISH BARD --> BACICIN PADRE --> SWIVEL
I did not find an entry in Lloyd's for MANZANARES but that name was only used briefly and during the early years of WWII.

The best history I found was the Sunderlandship.com page for WAR PUNDIT which lists the naming history as:
"1920 SCOTTISH BARD - 1930 BACICIN PADRE - 1941 MANZANARES - 1942 SWIVEL - 1944 ST. MARY - 1944 CLYDE - 1946 SWIVEL"

 

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